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[Android Apps and Games] DavDroid:
Hello,

First of all, great app!! However, I am having an issue when I use it. It was working fine the first few times, but right after my phone took a drop onto carpeted floor I can't get NoLed to function like it used to. When I receive an e-mail the normal notification doesn't show and I am able to get back to my lock screen, but I am unable to unlock it. I am able to power it off using the side button and turn it back on, but when I get a message the same thing happens. I uninstalled, reinstalled and the same thing. I left it uninstalled and that doesn't happen. Has anyone else experienced this? I thought that this might be an issue because of the drop, but as I mentioned it works fine and doesn't freeze without the app.

EDIT: I think I fixed it. I went into settings - applications - download manager - clear data. I tried it again and it didn't lock this time, but the notification icon still did not show. I tried to unlock my phone and it prompted me for a password. I remembered that I have this app password protected with application protection, so I unprotected it. Tried it again...and this time it works, shows the icon and doesn't lock.

Why was it that I had to clear data from download manager in order to get it to stop locking? I noticed that on some apps I need to do this to keep them force closing or to keep them functioning as they were intended.

Thank you!!!
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
AccessibilityEvent API

Excellent app.

I just emailed the developer with the idea of using the AccessibilityEvent API on Android 2.0+ to allow NoLED to show notifications from 3rd party notifications without having to use sounds. Hopefully it can be done, that'd be awesome.

Update: See how ADW Notifier works and takes care of "Chuck Norris Mode".
[Android Apps and Games] DavDroid:
Ok, came across something else. When I am in the settings for NoLed...and I exit back to the home screen it creates a widget by itself. The funny thing is that the image for the widget is a cut out or copy of the settings from the NoLed screen. Kind of hard to explain, but I was just wondering if there is a fix for this? This happens sometimes.

Thank you!!
[Android Apps and Games] prosto_mike:
I have seen this too but for me it only happens when I uninstall NoLED. I guess uninstaller doesn't remove the icon placeholder (or whatever it might be called) from the screen but the icon image itself is gone. I just delete it and re-add the icon after reinstalling NoLED. Not a big deal for me.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
This is normal behavior. NoLED wakes the screen before displaying the image. This is usually a split second procedure and is totally normal :)

Yea, it seems a lot of people are having similar issues with the app not clearing its data when its uninstalled or when the app is updated via Market. bug with Android ? I know for certain that I'm not doing anything wrong and Android is supposed to take care of refreshing the database with the newer version. But something is not exactly right :confused:

Its probably just a widget with a false ID. It could happen when you install the app and forget to remove the widget. I can imagine it happening when updating NoLED as well, but I haven't had any issues on my end.

@velazcod About the accessibility API, i'll definitely give that a look. Thanks ! :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
If anybody is a hero, its this gentleman here !

I just tested this, and it will definitely replace "All other" from now on. Folks, you know what that means ? All notifications, yes, ALL NOTIFICATIONS, will work in silent/vibrate mode !!!

This will definitely usher in a new NoLED era. Not only will this guarantee NoLED's functionality in silent/vibrate mode, but it opens countless of possibilities for custom icons/dots/colors per any 3rd party program. you heard that right.

I'm working on something quick and I'll release a beta here for you guys to test it out.
[Android Apps and Games] ahmedzeeshan:
oh wow. awesome! thank you BOTH for this! looking forward to the next release then.. :D
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
aaand its out. :D

please try it and report back if you encountered any errors at all.

I'm going to release this version on the Market sometime later today, and I won't be able to add more significant improvements til sometime in January.
[Android Apps and Games] ahmedzeeshan:
nice thanks! i installed it and rebooted the phone...

now I'm getting a notification for something and when I unlock the phone I don't know what that notification is for as in it doesn't appear in the notification bar at the top.

I'm using DocRom XXJPU 1.1 btw...
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
LOL, no hero, I just have seen this working on other apps like Tasker and ADW Notifier.

I will try it right now, you just made the idea of a Nexus S a little bit more real (I hate that it doesn't have LED notifications) :D

Thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] DogPollen:
So here's some feedback that may or may not have been addressed yet. First, I am using the Samsung Vibrant and it's not modded (still running 2.1).

I have had to stop using No LED because I think it is killing my battery. I noticed recently when my phone was laying next to my bed and it was dark in the room that when I get a notification the "LED" lights up but so does the entire screen. It's subtle, but the screen does not stay truly black/unlit. It's as if the screen is lit but the majority of it is lit with black color. I'm guessing there's not actually a way to light one pixel (or group of pixels, rather) without lighting the entire screen.

Not sure if this makes sense but I have noticed a marked improvement in my battery life since turning No LED off. I love the ap but I don't think I can use it in it's current state and not have to charge my phone twice a day.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
hmm.. not supposed to happen. lol. i'll go over the code again and release another version. Perhaps you received an email and then checked it from your desktop ?

Yea :( unfortunately there is nothing we can do about the black pixels of the screen that are lit. However, you can try to use one of the many features that I implemented to save battery power. Proximity sensor, Blink, timeout, sleep mode.

You can even set noled to go on and off at whatever situations you like if you use a program like Tasker or Locale.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Can you try it again now with v4.0.1b? I've put back some timeout values to what they were previously. hopefully it'll get it fixed for you.
[Android Apps and Games] ahmedzeeshan:
thanks again..

but I think I know what it might be... so I enabled "other" notifications too in LED. which means it probably displays the icon for ANY "other" notification that appears in the notification bar right?

so what probably happens is when I reboot the phone... the "preparing mass storage" "checking external card" notifications appear in the top bar. and because of that NoLED displays the "other" icon with 3 written next to it.

I don't think this can be solved can it? I mean it will always prepare mass storage on reboot. :S
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Correct. unless I start making an exception list! I imagine that list can end up being big, which will affect NoLED's performance. So lets just say we'll do without any exceptions for now.
[Android Apps and Games] ahmedzeeshan:
Yea.... OR I could just turn off "other" notifications :D

The important ones are email and txts and calendars. but you said there might be the likelihood of using notifications on a per app basis... like would it be possible if for example "whatsapp" had its own notification icon and everything on NoLED?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
Yep. I'll have to dedicate some time to think and implement a way for users to do this.
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
Any way you can program NoLED to scan a users installed apps and automatically add them to the list where you select which items to be notified of? Then, if that were possible, you would select say Facebook and then be prompted to select a png image and color then voila, it just works.

Maybe a little over the top but I'm sure you get the meaning.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I believe this is possible now, yes :)
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
The new beta works great using the AccessibilityEvent API.

I only have 1 problem.

- Wait for a notification.

- NoLED will be activated, screen will turn on.

- Dismiss, unlock, open application through notification event.

- Go to home.

- Lock the phone.

- After a second or two, NoLED will get activated again as if the notification was never cleared.

Will post more if I find anything else.
[Android Apps and Games] ahmedzeeshan:
hmm I haven't had that issue as yet
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
One more thing.

Give us the option to not turn on button LEDs while NOLED is active.

Use the buttonBrightness field in the WindowManager.LayoutParam

Let me know if you need help on that, its very easy but i could give you a code snippet.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
buttonBrightness is API level 8. I'm compiling this with API level 7 so its a no go :(
[Android Apps and Games] geokilla:
Would it kill the screen? Lol

I got no idea what you guys are talking about but it sounds like there's an update?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
No it won't kill the screen, lol

The update is out in the Market. we were testing it out here in xda before publishing it. OP has the attachments for the latest.
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
Sweet, sounds so much easier than the other way we were going to try it lol
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
lol, yea. big time. I was not aware of these APIs that are provided by Android. Possibilities seem infinite now all of a sudden. All users have to do, is give NoLED these rights by accessing the Accessibility menu in Android settings
[Android Apps and Games] laforma:
great stuff

hi madmack,

thanks for that beautiful tool you've written. i have one question, is there a way to start showing the current time when the display goes blank? i don't want to turn the screen on, everytime i need to take quick peek on the current time...

a second thought would be more theoretically:

i don't know nothing about the api calls, but when an app shows a notification i think it will send some kind of unique id for this notification or at least an id for the app itself. i would like to see a possibility to assign an icon to that special notification, i.e. when icq shows a new message notification i want to assign an icq shaped icon which shows instead of a small dot. perhaps it is possible to create a sub menu with all notifications noled captured with an option to assing a png image or so for them.

thanks for reading and forgiving my english grammar.

btw i don't like to wear watches :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
for the time, i already implemented it to show the current time but that will not get triggered automatically. It'll basically show the time if you have a notification, not otherwise. Maybe I can set it to display the time if the phone is sleeping for 10 minutes or so. I'm not really comfortable with the idea of keeping our gorgeous screens on constantly, but that could be just me.

about the APIs, indeed, I have enough information to play with all notifications. This was not the case to NoLED < v4.0. So look up to a great new future with this app, with many enhancements to come. Looks like the Nexus S won't be having a notification LED either so our user base seems to be set to grow :) Unfortunately I won't be able to dedicate much time now until sometime in January. so things will settle down a bit until I'm back.
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
And here is how you work around that :D
[Android Apps and Games] FL00DY:
Thats OK, all forgiven :)

yeah wow, what a loser. This is probably my most fav app on my phone, actually second to AutoTeeth ;) but not by much. So it's your loss not wanting to run it.
[Android Apps and Games] Spardorp:
Great work

This app is a big addition to the usability of the SGS.

Nice to see this time feature. But as others mentioned, make an option to show it any time or only at notifications.

I would like the ability to change the brightness.

But anyway, without these options it's a great app.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
thanks again, done :)

the time feature is already displayed only at notifications. Sorry if I didn't understand what you meant exactly.

For the brightness, you can always edit the colors of each notification type. This gives you some degree of control over the brightness of each color.
[Android Apps and Games] _JKay_:
I like the clock aswell. But I want it in 24 hour format instead of 12 hour am/pm :)

Maybe you can set it to follow the format selected in 'Date and time' settings of your phone?!

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
added to todo list :)
[Android Apps and Games] BlueEyes99:
madmack good works, i love NoLED. I just tried your new feature with the time and i can say that it displays the time wrong. instead of 12:09 for example it only shows 0:09
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
ops. thats a bug, noted. thanks

it should work for all other times. just not 12am for now.
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
I don't know if it's just me or happening for everyone else, but I'm getting double notified for pretty much everything now. For instance: I get a gmail notification that uses the actual gmail icon; then I also get an "other" notification which I assume is because other now reacts to the notifications in the notification bar.

If the new method of seeing other notifications is as solid as it seems to be, maybe when you develop a way to distinguish between the notifications you could switch all the other notification(sms, gmail, k9, etc) types to use that format as well. Theoretically, that would end the double notification problem.

Either that, or a small exception list would be needed to exclude those original options. Maybe you could have the exception list editable by the end user so we could manually add those we don't wish to be notified of; presumably, that would make your life a bit easier since you wouldn't have to keep up with a global exception list.

Just thinking aloud.
[Android Apps and Games] okorn_:
thanxs madmack for the new update.

i've got some idea about NoLED + Clock display...i guess its difficult but it would be awesome that the time is displayed only if you "shake" (or smth) the SGS.
[Android Apps and Games] EmDzei:
Can it show the time in local format (looking at phone settings)? I am not big friend about am and pm values; I like to use 24 h format like: 18.15 (finnish format).
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
are you using eclair or froyo ? the Gmail app in froyo is already excluded so u should never receive the "other" icon for gmail . also, make sure you're using the app from the market or the non-beta from the OP because the exception was added after the few beta releases I made.

not a bad idea, I'll see if there is a nice way to do that without causing much battery drainage :)

yep, I'll get to fixing that but that'll have to wait (out of town now)
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
I'm on Eclair. I will reinstall the app and see if it helps. Is k9 in the exception list as well? Because I get double notified for that as well as Handcent sms. Official Froyo isn't out for any US device yet so if that matters you might receive a lot of complaints.
[Android Apps and Games] okorn_:
cool thanxs :D
[Android Apps and Games] :
i would like to add my wish list to santa too :D

--to show clock as a 'screen saver' just like my N8 did, not only when there's miss calls notifications :D

(provided it's not a heavy battery blood sucker:D)

many thanks and merry christmas
[Android Apps and Games] aladin6:
When the popup of handcent appears, the screen never gets to sleep !
[Android Apps and Games] Nuja:
hi,

It would be nice to add fully charged battery alert into this nice app.

thx
[Android Apps and Games] okysnous:
Can someone make this work for Behold ii

Hello, sorry I'm extremely new to all this.. my faithfull G1 finally gave out on me, and i bought a Samsung Behold ii.... CAN you SPELL NO LED?? I found this for the Galaxy, but doesnt work on behold 2..

Is this bc of the android version (i'm 1.6)?? Can someone make it work for us too, or are we to not behold our notifications indefinitely... :(
[Android Apps and Games] aritafari:
The latest NoLED version: 4.0.4 is for Android version 2.1 and higher.

You may want to try another app called "FlashNotify Free Edition", while not as robust as NoLED it may be better than nothing.
[Android Apps and Games] okysnous:
afff.. I had found the app you suggested, and been running it for three days now.. but it's not what i'm used to at all with my simple, yet so useful, g1 led notification.. its clunky and it burns more battery than normal (even with the amoled screen). This noled app seems like a wonder at first..

I either have to wait for 2.1 for Behold ii or just learn how to program these things myself, so i can make it work for 1.6.. yet another thing on the "to do" list :) ooor, anyone else have any ideas??

Thank you so much for the reply aritafari !!!
[Android Apps and Games] FL00DY:
That would be pretty :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] Micah71381:
I understand that you don't have any hard-stats on battery usage, but has no one just done a 1-day test on a phone with the app up and one without? I mean just have the phone fully charged and receive a message (with the app installed and set to always show notification until it is dismissed) and see what the battery is at 8 hours later and then repeat the process except without the app installed.

I know there are some confounding variables like market updates, etc. but it seems like doing a few 4 hours tests like this would get you a *general* idea as to how much battery usage difference there is between this and nothing.

I am not testing this myself because I am debating whether or not to buy a Nexus S and a big turn-off fro me is the lack of LED notification so I am looking for alternatives before I buy.
[Android Apps and Games] FL00DY:
That would mean not using it for the duration of the test :eek:

I think this is better then LED notification.
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
We could do something like that, but then it defeats the purpose of having a phone. I, for one, am not going to leave my phone unattended for a few hours just to check a stat that doesn't mean anything to me.

Even so, it wouldn't be anywhere close to real world use since the available options such as the timeout, proximity sensor, and even the theme in use all drastically affect battery consumption.

If it's any consolation to you, I have had my phone unplugged since 9am CST and still have 34% battery left. I am a moderate to heavy user and have had NoLED activated all day.

However, I am still on 2.1 and the Nexus S will be on 2.3 so it is very likely the Nexus S will have better battery management. That should be taken into account when you receive other peoples usage stats.

Good luck finding the answers you're looking for.
[Android Apps and Games] aritafari:
You could combine NoLED with missed notification sounds.

In NoLED, put a check in the box for proximity sensor. So if your phone is in your pocket or face down or in contact with any surface, the screen fades to black. The missed notification sound alerts you to a have a missed call/sms/email.

The above combination work for me, and I haven't seen any noticeable effect on battery life.
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
Is this present in the latest version 4.0.4 ? Button LEDs still turn on :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] CNemo7539:
I'm not getting stock calendar notifications on Fascinate DJ05 stock rom.

What happens is that calendar pops up, lights up the screen and then returns back to black and locked. When screen unlocked popup window is still there.

Using NoLed last version.

Does anybody has the same problem?
[Android Apps and Games] FL00DY:
Facebook is now supporting push notifications on Android 2.2 devices. Could we add that to the NoLED?
[Android Apps and Games] Chad_Petree:
im a little afraid to use the screen for notifications , isnt it possibly to use the soft keys instead?
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
This depends on your device. If it is possible you will need to be rooted and have a modified kernel that supports BLN (back light notifications). Search the proper section for BLN for your device.

Good luck.
[Android Apps and Games] darren1:
I am using version 2.2.6 on my Archos 70 Internet Tablet to avoid the lock screens and it is working well. The icons are a little small though, I have downloaded some larger icons from this thread, but version 2.2.6 won't recognize themes from my sdcard. Which directory can I find the original icons to replace? Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
Which directory did you put the themes in? Also, unless he changed it, I think the original icons are built into the app and nonreplaceable.
[Android Apps and Games] darren1:
I put them in /sdcard/NoLED/themes/(name of theme)
[Android Apps and Games] evilhunter101:
Odd, that definitely should have worked. The only thing I could think of is a possible misspelling in the folders you created as that's the problem I had the first time I tried themes.

Actually, if I remember correctly, when themes were first implemented we didn't have to put them in the themes folder; we only had to have them in the NoLED folder and their individual folders. Ex: sdcard/NoLED/(name of theme) You could try that configuration. I honestly don't remember when the change to the themes folder was made so this is a trial and error suggestion.

If that doesn't work, I'd try reinstalling NoLED (so that it's permissions are correct) or updating to a newer version.
[Android Apps and Games] mgtroyas:
It's working very well on my i9000 with 2.2.1 JPU ROM. Great work!

Only thing seems to fail is sound notification. I can make it vibrate but not to play the chime.

I have disabled all proximity sensor options (I've seen they disable vibration when screen dimmed, but sound never works neither with screen dimmed or not).

This is the first time I install NoLed, and its latest version (from today), so no old configuration remaining. Any suggestion?

Edited: I had "vibrate when in silent mode" enabled on my phone settings. Disabling it and cranking up the notifications volume to the max makes the chimes work. But any other volume position doesn't work!
[Android Apps and Games] bokbacken:
+1

This is quite important for Scandinavian people, we even have a special word for the 24 hour day (indetermend period = dag (swe) as the english day, 24 hour period = dygn (swe) doesn't exist in english)we have major problem with am and pm (personal more problems with am, especially around 6)
[Android Apps and Games] velazcod:
Is this present in the latest version 4.0.4 ? Button LEDs still turn on my Nexus One and Nexus S :confused:

Also, I noticed that some "on-going events" trigger NoLED, can you bypass that?

One last thing, are you willing to open-source this app? Or maybe accept donations or something? I'd like to help in some way or another. Thank you.
[Android Apps and Games] RaymondPJR:
NoLed

The donate button is in the OP. I think Madmack is away for a while, remember he said he wouldn't have much time until the new year.:)
[Android Apps and Games] schlagg:
Hi

great app, thanks to the dev.

just one little request : is it possible to include a 24h format time?

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] fjelsten:
Hello Madmack

I like your app a lot but there seems to be a problem with the latest version: I added NoLED under accessibility (to get notifications for Touchdown) but I now get all sorts of weird notifications - and sometimes the phone freezes / becomes unresponsive, e.g. when the alarm goes on.

Please look into it when you have the time. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Nuja:
Hi,

should add support for charging batteries.